A comprehensive survey of IS undergraduate degree courses in the UK

Angelos Stefanidis, Guy Fitzgerald and Steve Counsell

International Journal of Information Management, 2012, vol. 32, issue 4, 318-325

Abstract: There is little conclusive evidence about the state of the IS curriculum in the UK. This paper presents the results of a detailed survey about the provision of Information Systems (IS) undergraduate degree courses in the UK using the newly developed IS 2010 curriculum guidelines as its basis. IS 2010 identifies three main categories of knowledge that underpin the essence of IS as an academic subject: IS Specific Knowledge and Skills, Domain Fundamentals and Foundational Knowledge and Skills. Our desire to offer a holistic and conclusive representation of the curriculum is supported by the development of an IS curriculum survey framework that caters for the mapping of every subject that populates the IS curricula of undergraduate degrees in the UK, including subjects that are generic or are derived from other hierarchical disciplines.

Keywords: IS curriculum; IS education; IS 2010 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2012.05.004

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